Care ~ Exercise, Grooming & Health Problems

Exercise

The Black Mountain Cur is quite an energetic and active dog who needs daily physical exercise including regular brisk walks and runtime.

The Back Mountain Curs do significantly well when trained for hunting, herding, or another sport that keeps it engaged & active.

Lack of exercise or playtime may lead to the development of behavioral problems for this breed.

Grooming

The Black Mountain Cur has an easy to maintain grooming requirements. The breeds have a moderately shedding short coat, which requires trimming rarely.

They need occasional brushing to remove unwanted loose hair. Other grooming duties like nail clipping, teeth brushing and ear cleaning are also important from time to time to keep them tidy and clean.

They should be bathed if needed, not too often so that their skin loses its natural oils and goes dry. Its ears should be checked for infections signs once a week and if all clear can be also be cleaned weekly too.

Health Problems

This breed is generally and healthy and hardy one with fewer health issues. However, certain conditions to which the Black Mouth Cur is prone.

Training

Black Mouth Curs are intelligent and training them is not difficult. Training should start as early as possible with Black Mouth Cur puppies and continue till the dog’s early life to solidify his obedience.

You need to be a firm and confident owner where you can set the rules for this dog breed to stick to and follow.

However, Black Mouth Curs are sensitive ones and should be dealt with patience and love.

They do not respond well to harsh scoldings and spankings. To keep the training sessions interesting keep them short and not too repetitive so that this breed doesn’t get bored.

Expose the Black Mouth Cur to different sounds, people, situations, places, and animals so it learns and adapts how to deal with them.

Feeding/Diet

Since the Black Mouth Cur dogs belong to medium-large sized breeds its best to follow the meal plan for similar curs of this size!

How much and what your Cur eats, depends on many factors like his level of activity, its, health, age, metabolism rate etc.

You can take suggestions from its breeders or veterans to chalk out his diet plan.

On an average 3-4 cups of dry dog food in recommended split into two meals. Fresh and adequate drinking water should always be available.

Interesting Fact ~ Black Mouth Cur Dogs

The black-muzzled variety of these dogs is usually preferred and sought for, and any other variation in color (tan/same as the coat color) is considered a fault.

This is a purebred dog, but in recent times, black mouth cur mixes have also been introduced by the breeders like the black mouth cur-pitbull mix, the black mouth cur-lab mix etc.

The AKC group has categorized this breed as ‘Rare’.

A black mouth cur named ‘Old Yeller’ is the protagonist in the 1956 children’s novel of the same name written by Fred Gipson.